Something cool happened at Casa La Allen this weekend, we put our new, improved and revamped fire pit to use! The urban cabin vibes just got turned up to maximum volume! Now we're not newbies to fire pits, you guys, we've had plenty before. However, this new fire pit situation is much better than the others because we faux built it in to the yard. Get it? It looks built in but it still has READ MORE

Happy Friday everybody! Last weekend, while visiting Chicago, my good buddy Katrina came up with this delicious cocktail on the fly, she's amazing like that. The second I tasted it I knew I had to share it with you guys. This cocktail is good for a few reasons, first of all, it has gin in it, second of all it has rhubarb in it. Now rhubarb has a special place in my heart, my good midwestern READ MORE

Guys, sorry I've been away a bit lately. It's all because I've been busting my butt working on the boulevard garden. Jeff's been laughing at me because I made the mistake of saying to him in passing that "I wasn't allowed to weed the backyard gardens until I finished the boulevard first", the ongoing joke now is that weeding is my treat for hard work. Whatever, man, so what if I like spending READ MORE

Guys! Me and Jeff (aka Waff) just got back from a long weekend celebrating our 10 YEAR anniversary!! It sounds insane to me to say 10 years, that's a crazy long time, isn't it!?! It was a really nice weekend and we got to spend time together, uninterrupted reflecting on all the crazy shit we've done together over the years. It was the best!! We got married 10 years, we were 21, in READ MORE